Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18

Pasadena. Cal, taking contracts for car
penter work, etc Satterly Tuttle is EN-
ployed by him.....Mr. Austin Booth,
Ferrishurgh, is very sick with pneumonia
..... The mercury went down to 26 below
zero, here Monday morning. .... Arrange.
ments are perfecting foI the occupancy OF
DR.. Goes dental Office by dental gradu-
ate of experience and skil..... Ten fat
cattle and 20 lambs were shipped to Bos-
ton Monday, by G. H. Sprigg & Co.
Waterbury.
Charles Keene has bought the livery
! stable and dwelling house of the estate of
| II. f. Bates for $1,000. Mir Keene says
that the record of his horse "Charley X,
Is 23512 instead of 3:35l2, as erroLeOusly
| given last week. Alonzo Murray, aged
| II, died very suddenly of pneumonia. zee.
| Mrs. Louisa Spieed, daughter of the late
William Carpenter, is very low with no
! hope of recovery, from cancer.
New Haven.
Rev. Prof Yager of Middlebury college
occupied the desk last Sabbath, giving an
able discourse upon The Old and the
! New" Rev. Mr.. Sargent spent the Sab
bath in Canada. The cantata of Esther,
the rendition of which has been somewhat
delayed, will be given at the church on
! Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of this
week ...... Mrs. Paul Wetherbee has been
very sick with pneumonia but is better.
about the same. .... William NJ. Partch
has received one of the medals awarded
by the Vermont Agricultural society; in
this case for the best stallion exhibited
at its last fair in Burlington. Mr..
Josiah Cowles has so far recovered of the
dislocation of his knee as to be able to
be about town. 49,. Mrs. Abbott, mother
of Mr.. Orrin Dickinson, was buried in
Weybridge on Sunday last. ... Mrs
Elisabeth Wilson, relict of the late vii;
liam Wilson of this town, was also buried
on Sunday, Prof. Yager officiating.
West berkshire.
In East Franklin lart week Mr. Horace
Currier, a man about 20 years of age, went
into the woods to cut some wood and not
returning as early as his wife thought he
| should a messenger was sent to look him
up and he was found just little way
from where he finished his work and
started for the house lying upon the snow
dead, evidently having died suddenly.
Sunday morning February l3. Mrs.
Lydia Leach, late of Fairfied, who is
spending the winter with her youngest
daughter, Mrs Rev. NJ Z. Bell was
taken with a partial stroke of paralysis.
Doctors Goodrich and Hutchinson were
in attendance She seems much improv
ed now. Fine sleighlng again now.
The attendance in town Saturday was
large, and trade was good. Butter was n
shade off from last weeks prices. ..... The
Bristol Manufacturing company has put
in a steam whistle, which is blown three
times IA day y..... The records of baths and
deaths here last year is as follows: Births
81; deaths, 3S. OF this number the
graded school district furnished 16 births
and "A deaths. The statistics for 1885 were
Births, 30; deaths, 26. DR.. James
O'Neil of Boston, son of Patrick O'Nei of
this town, is at home on visit. &c. w
Corey is harvesting large crop of ice
A. Averill had several of his fingers
mangled by saw last week.. Col. l.. F..
Copeland lectures at Holley hall next Satur
-. Drake & Smith are putting in an un.
usually large stock of logs this winter.
Bristol now has two brass brass bands
The new one is to be known as the "Cti'
zen's band" 1t is to be hoped that the
fight between the two bands will result in
making two good ones. Some one has sat
down on the incorporation scheme. Moth
ing has been heard of it since the pur.
chase of the ~ hand grenades a few weeks
since. The grenades cost SO cents each
This is great deal cheaper than water
works, besides being SO much better. IL
is evident that the word progress has nc
place in the bright lexicon of Bristol ..
Our ''gossping clubs" are tlourishing :.
they cost nothing
North Ferrisburgh
Mr. Frank Falby, whose leg was broken
by Il fall from the steps of store is doing
well. He is stopping at Mr. Henry Bald
wins. Mrs. Sally Hazard died at the
: residence of her son-inlaw, Mr.. William
Adds on Sabbath morning, aged 81 years
She was member of the Baptist church
The funeral will be held from the late
residence Wednesday forenoon. .... The
fourth quarterly meeting will be held in
} the Methodist church next Sabbath.
Lovefeast at 10 a. m, and preaching by
Elder Bennett at II, followed by the sacra
Squires IS recovering from a long and
painful illness his son and daughter,
Mr., and Mrs. Brownell are with HIM, go.
Mr.. Wilbur Higbee passed the Sabbath
with his parents. ....A rum jug and its
devotee were found nearly buried in the
snow between the Hollow and depot few
days since and were taken home to wife
and children. Authorities declare in case
of another intoXication he will be arragn-
ed, community has become heartily sick
of his uncomely appearance. Mr..
Alvin Ball is on the sick list lncreas-
ing revival interests are reported in East
Charlotte.
Tunbridge.
The quarterly returns of Post Whitney
No. 2l have been sent the adjutant-g gen
eral by the first mail leaving this place
after the last meeting in each quarter.
Other posts may have been equally
prompt but none more so.
Il Watervills.
The village school closes Friday with
an exhibition in the evening go. Joel
Stratton has sold his farm to Hiram Els
, worth .. Grant Thomas has taken his
J fathers farm for one year. 49,. Hiram
Ellsworth lost good horse with distemper
, last week. III. NJ. Mcfarland of Hyde
: Park WAS in town Saturday Mrs.
; Royal p. Leach, a former resident, died
: at her home in Hyde Park January 30th,
and was brought to this place for inter
} ment. ....,Jocl Stratton has gone to Mas
, sachusetts. He will return in about two
weeks. 49,. Mrs c. A. Beard had the
misfortune to fall down stairs Saturday,
receiving a fearful wound upon her left
side and back.
Middlebury.
Frank Bissett lost valuable bay mare
Thursday afternoon. He had been out
! Nv lar ha a,lt